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Holzmann, Robert

Social Protection, Human Development Network, World Bank

Biography

Robert Holzmann is professor of economics and the director of the RH Institute for Economic Policy Analysis (Vienna), holds the chair of Old Age Financial Protection at the University of Malaya (Malaysia), and he is inter alia Research Fellow of IZA (Bonn) and CESifo (Munich). He serves also as consultant to the World Bank on financial literacy & education, migration, and pension issues. From 1997 to 2011 he held various positions at the World Bank including Research Director of the Labor Mobility Program ...

Biography

Robert Holzmann is professor of economics and the director of the RH Institute for Economic Policy Analysis (Vienna), holds the chair of Old Age Financial Protection at the University of Malaya (Malaysia), and he is inter alia Research Fellow of IZA (Bonn) and CESifo (Munich). He serves also as consultant to the World Bank on financial literacy & education, migration, and pension issues. From 1997 to 2011 he held various positions at the World Bank including Research Director of the Labor Mobility Program (Marseille Center for Mediterranean Integration), Senior Advisor of the Financial Literacy & Education Program (Russia Trust Fund), and for 12 years Sector Director and Head of the Social Protection & Labor Department. Before joining the Bank he was professor of economics and the director to the European Institute at the University of Saarland, Germany, professor of economics at the University of Vienna, Austria, and senior economist at IMF and OECD. His research and operational involvement extends to all regions of the world, and he has published 32 books and over 150 articles on social, fiscal and financial policy issues.